United Airlines

United Airlines has announced a new Voluntary Separation Program (VSP2) that’s open to all Management & Administrative (M&A) employees in the U.S., Guam, and Puerto Rico. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, United Airlines will permanently need to shrink their staffing by 30% come October, so has started offering voluntary separation packages. If the airline…

As part of the new New Orleans New Airport Terminal Opening last year, United Airlines has finally opened their newest United Club. This 6,000 square feet club is located in near Gate C7 is the newest lounge at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, as the airport recently opened their entire new terminal. The United Club…

United Airlines has announced their latest status match for 2020, which is referred to as the MileagePlus Premier Status Match Challenge. If you currently have elite status with another airline, your account will be upgraded for 90 days to Premier Silver, Premier Gold or Premier Platinum status based on the level you hold in your current frequent…

Loyalty and award programs are a big component of the travel industry. Airlines have used them in various ways to create competitive advantages and incentive passenger behavior. There have been several approaches taken by the industry for redeeming award points including; distance based redemptions, fixed award charts, and dynamic pricing. The use of dynamic pricing…

United Airlines announced 18 new domesitc routes from many of their hubs including Los Angeles (LAX), Denver (DEN), Newark (EWR), and San Francisco (SFO) to name a few. Some route highlights include Los Angeles (LAX) to Redding, CA; Denver (DEN) to West Palm Beach, FL; Denver (DEN) to Flagstaff, AZ (FLG), Newark to Hilton Head Island, SC (HHH; and San…

In 2017, United Airlines opened their first United Polaris Lounge to add value to their Polaris service class. This introduction resulted in United now having two separate lounge offerings, United Club and United Polaris. Two noticeable differences between the lounges is the number of locations and access limitations. How to Access United Clubs and Polaris…

United Airlines announced that their Boeing 787-10 aircraft will start flying between Newark (EWR) and six transatlantic destinations starting this Spring. The cities to receive the new aircraft are Frankfurt (FRA), Tel Aviv (TLV), Paris (CDG), Barcelona (BCN), Brussels (BRU), and Dublin (DUB). Per United Airlines, United Airlines today announced it will operate its newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner on six trans-Atlantic routes…

United Airlines they’ll be adding over 150 flights for Spring Break next year to many popular destinations. Expect to see more flights being added to the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, Colorado, Hawaii, and Arizona from their hub cities. Additionally, United plants to begin service between Denver and Destin, Palm Beach, Pensacola and Sarasota, Florida, and between Denver…

United Airlines finds itself in the news once more this time with a doctor being charged for groping a sleeping teenager onboard one of their flights from Seattle to Newark last month. The FBI has been called in and the teenager was able to identity the man after being shown a list of photos from…

A United Airlines Boeing 767-300 bound from Newark to Venice was canceled, after fuel started gushing out of the aircrafts left-wing. Passengers noticed what was going on and had to convince the crew what was going on to have it investigated, as the flight attendants at first dismissed the claim! It’s unknown what caused the spill,…

United Airlines announced that they would be enhancing their transcontinental service which operates between Newark to Los Angeles and San Francisco for customers in both business class and in Economy Plus. In addition, the airline will be adding Boston to San Francisco as a transcontinental route with the new added amenities. United Airlines Enhances Transcontinental Flights…

United Airlines is once again in the news this week, after United Airlines Passenger Dragged Off Plane Due To Oversell, this time a United passenger was stung by a scorpion onboard one of its planes. The scorpion fell from the overhead bin and stung a passenger on a flight headed to Calgary, Canada. Per NBC News, A…

From one extreme to another this week when it comes to oversells. We wrote about how one family made $11,000 after taking a few bumps on Delta Air Lines. They had a positive experience and came out ahead. However, the same can’t be said for one United Airlines passenger who was dragged off an United Express…

United Airlines will be launching new routes both domestically and international this year for a total of 47 new daily round trips to its domestic schedule. Internationally, United will be adding seasonal service between San Francisco and Munich as well as upgauging their one of its Newark–Tel Aviv flights with a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. See all the highlights from…

United Airlines is the latest airline to launch Basic Economy. We’ve written before on how American Airlines Basic Economy Fares Now Live and Delta also offers Basic Economy fares, so it’s no surprise that United has decided to play ball. In their initial launch, United will offer Basic Economy on nonstop flights between Minneapolis/St. Paul and United’s seven U.S. hubs of Chicago O’Hare, Denver,…

In one of the coolest airport promotions that we have seen all year, the Denver International Airport (DEN) opened a free outdoor ice skating rink for the holiday season. The rink, open from 9am to 9pm daily features free ice skating, along with complimentary skate rental. The rink is on the South end of the…

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